“Close to God’s Heart”
Leusden, Netherlands - Forty children’s workers from eleven churches in the Dutch district gathered in Leusden, close to Amersfoort on Saturday, November 6th for the Dutch district’s training day for children’s ministries. There were familiar faces, long-time faithful workers and new people, all part of the children’s ministries in the Dutch local churches.
Jerusalem – Many poor around the world struggle to feed their families in arid climates or during droughts or floods. But what about those families in urban areas who don’t even have land to call their own? In the Middle East, Nazarenes are attempting to turn rooftops into productive gardens.
Pune, India - Five hundred and sixty pastors representing 1,230 congregations attended the launching of the “Power of One”, Eurasia Region’s Missional Church Initiative, in Bangalore, Pune and Kolkata this month. The initiative, launched in September, is designed to help local churches in every field become engaged in evangelism, discipleship, church planting and community transformation, providing tested and proven resources written by Nazarenes across the region.
When the impossible takes place, we know it is the Holy Spirit – not human beings – at work. In the past three years, even while World Evangelism Fund (WEF) giving has slowly decreased during the worldwide recession, the Church of the Nazarene has experienced growth in miraculous, Spirit-driven movements. Since 2007, the church has recorded a net gain of over 300,000 new members, unprecedented in our church history.
Sighișoara, Romania - Mission Corps missionary Dorothy Tarrant, was honored on September 27 by family, friends, city officials, and clients and staff of Veritas, the Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NCM) organization which she founded. The occasion marked 15 years of Tarrant’s social service activity in the community of Sighișoara, Romania, and the handing over of Veritas to its first Romanian director. The celebration included a presentation by the vice-mayor of the city, awarding Tarrant with honorary citizenship.
